East Garfield Park

A young man was shot and critically wounded this afternoon on the West Side's East Garfield Park neighborhood, Chicago police said. The victim, described as a man in his 20s, was shot in the head just before 3 p.m. on the 600 block of North Monticello Avenue, police said. The man was rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition, police spokesman Dan O'Brien said. Police hadn't yet made any arrests in the shooting, or released a description of the gunman. ...

A 26-year-old man was shot and killed this afternoon in Chicago’s East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side, according to authorities. The shooting happened about noon in the 3600 block of West Ohio Street. The victim, Aaron Brown, 26, of the 3000 block of West Washington Boulevard, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at Mt. Sinai Hospital, said a spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Police released few details but said no...

A 32-year-old Chicago man died of a gunshot wound to his chest at a Chicago hospital Monday morning. Lee Floyd, 32, of the 3400 block of West Ohio Street, was pronounced dead shortly before 7:15 a.m. this morning at Stroger Hospital, according to a spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner's office. Floyd was left at the hospital about 12:40 a.m. Monday by a group of unknown males, said Chicago Police News Affairs spokesman Kevin Kilmer. Detectives were investigating the circumstances...

Chicago police were investigating a fatal shooting in the East Garfield Park neighborhood Wednesday afternoon. Larry Redmond, 29, was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital at 3:53 p.m., according to a spokeswoman for the Cook County medical examiner's office. Redmond's address was unavailable. Police received a call about the shooting at 3:05 p.m. on the 3800 block of West Wilcox Street, said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines. Police said Redmond was shot by...

A man has been charged in the 2009 double slaying of a man and a woman in East Garfield Park, police said. Kyjuanzi Harris, 22, of the 400 block of East 49th Street is charged with first-degree murder, police said in a release early this morning. On Friday, detectives from the Harrison Area Gang Investigations Unit found Harris on the 2900 block of West Polk Street, the release said. He was taken into custody after a short foot chase. Police said Harris was identified as the...

A young man was shot and critically wounded this afternoon on the West Side's East Garfield Park neighborhood, Chicago police said. The victim, described as a man in his 20s, was shot in the head just before 3 p.m. on the 600 block of North Monticello Avenue, police said. The man was rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition, police spokesman Dan O'Brien said. Police hadn't yet made any arrests in the shooting, or released a...

A West Side man has been arrested and charged with killing a 22-year-old man in the East Garfield Park neighborhood Friday night, police said. Terrence Gallaway, 28, was arrested minutes after the shooting, which occurred at about 8:35 p.m. Friday in the 700 block of North Harding Avenue . Killed in the shooting was Stacey Adams, 22, of the 3800 block of West Fulton Street. Police said a man walked up to Adams and began firing. Another man who was walking nearby also was shot.

A man stabbed multiple times was found lying on the sidewalk Monday night in the East Garfield Park neighborhood. At about 11:30 p.m., police were alerted about a man who was unresponsive and on the ground near the intersection of Jackson Boulevard and St. Louis Avenue, said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro. The man was stabbed in his stomach, back and chest, Alfaro said. There was no information available about the man's condition. Police are...

Dexter Chaney began his morning as usual. After a breakfast of toast and fruit, he headed to work at the city's Ryerson Elementary School, where he planned to jump-start his third-grade students after the holiday break. Part of the morning, he found out, was going to be taken up by an assembly. What he didn't know was that he was the guest of honor. Chaney today was awarded the Milken Family Foundation's coveted Milken Educator Award, which comes with a...

Two men were arrested following a carjacking Saturday night on the West Side that led to one of them pointing a gun at Chicago police, prompting an officer open fire on them, police said Sunday night. Neither of the men -- Marcus Austin, 25, of the 1200 block of South Karlov Avenue and 26-year-old Anthony Jones, of the 1000 block of North Monticello Avenue -- was hit, police said. But they were each charged aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm, possession of a stolen motor...

A man was shot in the neck this afternoon in East Garfield Park a block away from where two men were shot to death Tuesday evening , officials said. Police don't know if the shootings are related. An unidentified male sustained a graze wound to the neck around 4:45 this afternoon on the 3500 block of West Ohio when a man shot a gun in his direction, police said. He was treated on the scene and is in good condition, a police spokesman said. Tuesday evening, a...